Discovering Symmetry in Everyday Environments: A Creative Approach to Teaching Symmetry and Point Groups

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• 作者：Kei Fuchigami ; Matthew Schrandt ; Gary L. Miessler
• 刊名：Journal of Chemical Education
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 14, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：93
• 期：6
• 页码：1081-1084
• 全文大小：289K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1938-1328

文摘

A hands-on symmetry project is proposed as an innovative way of teaching point groups to undergraduate chemistry students. Traditionally, courses teaching symmetry require students to identify the point group of a given object. This project asks the reverse: students are instructed to identify an object that matches each point group. Doing so requires students to think about symmetry in their everyday environment and aids in the development of a more intrinsic understanding of the assignment of symmetry classifications.